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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ANSELM MILLHAUSER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

.TABLE FOR THE SICK.

Speciication 'forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,907, dated September 12, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ANsELM MrLLHAUsER, of New York, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tables, which I term a Table for the Sick 7; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide a table for 'the use of persons confined to a bed, by which the convenience of a table for eatingI or Writing may be ha-d without incommoding the occupant by reaching beyond the side of the bed or by resting any portion of the table upon it.

To accomplish this object, my invention consists in mounting the top of afolding or otherwise entensible table upon a column or pillar by means of aswivel-joint and slinding standard, so that when the table is standing at the sideof the bed the projecting top may be turned over it and adjusted ata height convenient to the use of the person for whom it may be required, and to enable the projecting part of the table to be safely used one of the feet supporting the column or pillar ot' the table is made to slide outward, so that the base ot' the support of the table maybe projected under the bed to correspond with the projection of the top above it.

To enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation with reference to the drawing, which represents a table such as I have described with the top extended and raised and one of the feet projecting so as to extend the support.

rIhe folding top a is secured by means ofthe collar b to the cap c of the standard cl, in such a manner that the inner lip ot the collar fits into the groove ofthe cap, so that, although the top is securely held, it may be rotated in any direction. The standard d, which carries the top of the table, is worked up and down in the pillar c by means of the crank and pinion j' gearing into the rack g'let into lthe side ot the standard, and shown in dotted lines. The standard and table are held at any desired height by a ratchet-Wheel on the crank and pinion shaft and the pawl. rPhe column or pillar e, by which the table is carried, rest-s upon legs or feet t', one of which is carried on a sliding bar, k, that may be extended as shown in the drawing and secured by the thumb-screw l.

The red lines in the drawing indicate the appearance of the table when the top is folded and lowered upon the pillar and the projecting foot drawn in, so that the whole presents merely the appearance ot' an ordinary table.

Having thus described the mannerin which I prefer to carry my invention into effect, I would observe that the details ot' adjustment and construction generally may be modified without material departure from the principle I have described and illustrated on the drawing.

I claim as luy invention- A table for the sick, constructed with an adjustable swinging top capable ot' projecting over a bed and steadied by means of an extensible foot, substantially in the manner herein specitied.

A. MILLHAUSER.

Witnesses ADoLPrr LEVINGER, WM. KEMBLE HALL. 

